Source: Noble's"Hawaiian Favorites"
Copyright 1933, 1961 Miller Music Corp, - This song was introduced in
Kona, Hawaiʻi at the July 4th canoe races, 1933. Harrison
gave the song to John Noble to publish, who revised the
music to give it an almost new melody without changing
Cogswell's words. This was done to dispel the claim that
others had written the song. Once published, the song became
a smash hit. Noble turned over the royalties to the Sherman
Clay Co. in San Francisco for $500.00 advance royalty, giving
the credit to Cogswell and Harrison. Kealakekua is the bay
where Captain Cook was killed in 1779. Hōnaunau is the
ancient City of Refuge and Kona is the district where both
are located on the Big Island.